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Screenplay Treatment & Pitch

Model short films (get an idea of scope and tone):
  • The Crush (coming of age drama, with a slice of western)
  • Stutterer (romance, drama)
  • The Gift (science fiction)
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Assignment & Checklist​

​"7 Simple Secrets for Making an Outstanding Short Film" - planning your story
Treatment template writeable .doc or printable/viewable .pdf
"Olive Trees" narrative poem
Sauve model adapted screenplay treatment to "Olive Trees"
Student Model #1 Forever Dark

Web Resources
  • The One Page Outline
  • How to Write a Treatment
  • Online model story synopsis only - NOTE this is much longer than yours should be
  • ​Examples of real life pitches to real Hollywood producers at the Napa Valley Film Festival